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June 3, 2011

A change of plans

I have to breathe through my typing about how I am avoiding my calendar right now. The next few months are ridiculous. With good things- all good things! Just busy things. And I just don't do busy. I'm barefoot-long-skirt-hey-man-it's-all-good-not-busy girl. But we've got baseball and theatre for my older boys in separate weeks- separate months actually, and family coming to visit, and mini vacays, and birthdays, and speakingengagements, and concerts, and lots of Chicago, and events. And busy.

After careful consideration, and pleas for my best-roomie to forgive me, I've decided not to go to BlogHer in San Diego this August.

My original plan was to go un-sponsored, paying for everything myself like most people. As the time gets closer for me to book my flight and pony up my part of the hotel room costs, it's just not happening like I'd envisioned. I toyed around with maybe getting a sponsor, especially since Listen To Your Mother is having a party at the conference and stuff, but there were no bites. But I honestly was really mostly looking forward to meeting friends for the first time in person, like Morgan and Desiree. I guess I thought I had to be there.

Back to that ::breathe:: calendar. Literally, there are no open 3 whole days before school starts back up. Except for around the time I was to be in San Diego. Jeff had already taken that time off so... not really a hard choice to make after all. I'd rather spend that time with my family pretending we have our own vacation home than at a blogging conference! [I am not the blogger you want to model for how to "make it" in this business.]

Now, no hard feelings, blog conferences. Remember just a couple months ago I up and left the fam for a few days to go to Mom 2.0 in NOLA. And if I did have the money and/maybe sponsor for BlogHer this August I wouldn't be writing this post. I do think it's going to be a fabulous conference. I have a good feeling about it. It will just be missing me. That's all. But I am just a speck on a speck in Internetland. And you can have me for free right here. Virtual hugs for everyone!

Steph, I hear you. I have gone to BH for the last four years in a row and having a book out this year it's a no-brainer that I should go and yet...I am just so TIRED right now! I think I'd like to take a breather this summer and instead focus on family stuff and fun getaways in my own back yard. Not 100% sure I won't go to BlogHer, but that's where I'm leaning right now.

I know how that feels! Our summer has turned into a ton of busy plans.

However! My family is in Southern California, just a little over 2 hours from San Diego {SD is where Hubby and I meet!} We originally planned to go to BlogHer as a family and then go see my family. But I need a sponsor for the hotel, at the very least {cause it's one room for all of us! no roomies to share the cost with}.

So for us, we aren't going, but we will be in California during BlogHer anyway to see my family. I will be sitting jealously thinking of all the bloggers just so close to me!